Posted by SFY on September 22, 2005, at 13:45:12
In reply to Re: FDA panel to review EMSAM on Oct 25th, posted by gromit on September 22, 2005, at 10:48:46
> > Beyond the food issues, it seems to me that Emsam would have enormous advantages over Nardil and Parnate (neither of which I could tolerate) in terms of side effects. IF what was written about lack of side effects with Emsam is true, but like I said, I'm very very suspicious. Cecilia
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> Doesn't selegeline have a better side effect profile anyway, patch form or not?Most people take selegiline at low doses which don't require dietary restrictions and which minimize the side effects. There's very limited information on the use of high doses of selegiline.
If selegiline had a better side effect profile than Nardil or Parnate then, absent the lack of dietary restrictions, what would be the benefit of Emsam over oral selegiline? (Esp. since you can get selegiline as a relatively cheap generic.)
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